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1. I’ll be taking all of next week off from this blog so I can enjoy my family and work on my magazine column.

Please have yourselves the best Thanksgiving you can before the jingle-bell madness of the holiday season is thrust upon us.

2. Tonight begins Light Up Night! If you’re looking to enjoy Light Up Night and donate to a great cause at the same time, you’ll want to hit Stage AE for their party featuring local band Moscow Mule. Randy Baumann will also be in the house as well as various Steelers. The event raises money for Variety The Children’s Charity.

Other details:

– Live band, ample adult beverages, and free food

– Private outdoor vantage point for the Light Up Night fireworks

– Easy parking on the North Shore

– Cool silent auction and Chinese auction items

– Support a tremendous local charity and support disabled children in Western PA

Pens just announced that Sid will be back in the lineup tomorrow night (Monday). If Ginny can really keep silent about that for a week it’ll show steely resolve beyond what us mere mortal Pens fans possess.

And much as people like to denigrate Marty Griffin (or so I’ve heard) Burgess didn’t answer the question. Too many politicians don’t answer the question. First rule of doing essay tests in my class was “Answer the question.” But then I only taught in a small-town high school and never ran for anything, let alone got elected.

It looks like Burgess did answer the question, but it depends on what the meaning of “is” is. More importantly for Ricky, four of us on this string have now created evidentiary support for his libel damages claim — unless, of course, Ginny skillfully blocks out half our words like the KDKA cameraman did with the libelous flyer.